The Milwaukee Bucks announced in late March that star guard Damian Lillard has deep vein thrombosis in his right calf — a ...

Investigators studied the prevalence and outcomes of venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) among hospitalized patients with and without CKD.

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) lacks community prevalence and outcome data. Objective To characterise minimum ‘indicative’ prevalences and mortality data for all forms of PHT in a selected ...

The aim of this study was to generate and validate a numerical score for grading chest x-ray (CXR) severity and predicting response to treatment in adults with smear-positive pulmonary TB. Methods At ...

Matt Okula also identified the cause of his wife’s cardiac arrest as an amniotic fluid embolism. An amniotic fluid embolism is “a rare and life-threatening complication that occurs when a ...

Although D-dimer results within a typical range can rule out pulmonary embolism, high results alone can’t diagnose this condition. Doctors usually need to run extra tests to make a diagnosis.

If it lands in the lungs, it’s called a pulmonary embolism. Estimates vary widely, but according to the American Lung Association, around 900,000 U.S. adults experience this type of potentially ...

Consecutive patients with active cancer and proximal deep-vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism who had completed at least 6 months of anticoagulant therapy were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio ...

She had a pulmonary embolism while waiting in line. “The whole thing still feels very surreal,” Jansson told Yahoo Canada via Zoom from her home in Gananoque, Ont., where she works remotely for a tech ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a type of pulmonary hypertension that causes high blood pressure in the small arteries of the lungs. It is a serious condition that can impair blood flow, ...

diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) confirmed by computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) showing pulmonary artery filling defects; (3) age older than 18 years; (4) the HA-Group patients had ...